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Pen Cap Chew... original band names for now popular artists



>From an FAQ on the web.
>-----
>"Where did Pink Floyd get their name?"
>
>It had often been said that it came to
>Syd in a vision. Before being called 
>Pink Floyd, they were known as "The 
>Pink Floyd Sound," "The Meggadeaths,"
"The Abdabs," "The Screaming Abdabs,"
>"The Architectural Abdabs," "The T-Set,"
>and "Sigma 6." The name Pink Floyd came
>from albums by two Georgia blues artists,
>Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, that
>were in Syd's collection.

on this whole discussion... i always think
it's interesting to hear what some bands
were named before...

Nirvana were once known as Pen Cap Chew.
utterly brilliant, but i doubt they would
have reached the level they did with that
name.

Dan

np: cut chemist & shortkut - live at the
    future primitive soundsession

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